The Buffalo Bandits will meet the Colorado Mammoth in the best-of-three NLL Finals for the second straight year, beginning with Game 1 at KeyBank Center on Saturday, May 27 at 7 p.m.
The full schedule for the NLL Finals is as follows:
- Game 1 at KeyBank Center – Saturday, May 27 at 7 p.m.
- Game 2 at Colorado – Monday, May 29 at 4 p.m.
- Game 3 at KeyBank Center – Saturday, June 3 at 7:30 p.m. (if necessary)
The Bandits went 14-4 during the regular season to enter the playoffs as the NLL’s top seed. They defeated the Rochester Knighthawks in the single-elimination quarterfinal and swept the Toronto Rock in the best-of-three East Conference Finals.
Colorado, the fourth seed in the West Conference, advanced with a 9-7 victory over Calgary in Game 3 of the West Conference Finals on Saturday. The Mammoth defeated the Bandits in three games in last year’s NLL Finals.
The Bandits are playing in their third consecutive NLL Finals dating back to 2019 and seeking their first championship since 2008. (The Finals were not played in 2020 or 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.)